Shadow AI
AI tools and agents can appear outside security and governance, so nobody has a true list of what is running or who uses it.
CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian
AI Security
Find shadow AI, enforce AI governance, protect sensitive data and stop AI threats where they run, with CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian.
AI governance alone is not runtime security.
AI agents can reach identities, data, files, browsers, shells and business systems at machine speed. Governance can set acceptable use, approve models and record risk. But agents do more than write text. They run commands through the operating system, use credentials, open files and data, call tools and set off other workflows.
When AI can act, security has to understand and control what happens after the prompt. Vectra and CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian help you find shadow AI, enforce AI governance, protect sensitive data and stop AI threats where they execute.
Where AI creates new risk.
Too much access
Agents may inherit user rights and credentials that reach more systems, identities and data than the task needs.
Prompt injection
Direct or indirect prompt tricks can steer agents, cause unsafe actions or leak information through trusted workflows.
Agentic misalignment
An agent can follow a legitimate prompt in an unsafe way, take unexpected actions or do wide damage at machine speed.
Data exposure
Sensitive data can flow into AI chats, outside models or agent workflows without the controls used for normal apps.
Missing context
To know what really happened, security teams must link the AI interaction to the processes, files, tools, identities and system actions behind it.
CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian
AI Detection and Response for the agentic enterprise.
Falcon Guardian is CrowdStrike’s flagship AI Detection and Response (AIDR) product. It covers AI visibility, governance, data protection, runtime protection, investigation and response, across endpoint, cloud and SaaS.
Falcon Guardian is a new product, introduced at Fal.Con 2026. Platform support, features, release status and licensing should be confirmed for your environment.
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Discover shadow AI
See workforce AI use and supported AI agents, who uses them, and where unmanaged AI creates risk.
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See what agents actually do
Link prompts and agent activity with endpoint telemetry to trace the processes and system actions that follow.
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Enforce AI governance
Turn policy into runtime controls on approved AI use and on which supported agents may run.
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Protect prompts and data
Put controls on AI interactions to cut harmful activity and data exposure, without blocking legitimate use.
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Detect and respond at runtime
Investigate compromised or manipulated agents, find how far they reached and contain them before they spread.
Secure AI where the action happens.
An AI agent may reason at the model layer, but its actions land on operating systems, identities, files, apps, networks and data. Falcon Guardian uses Falcon endpoint telemetry to trace supported AI activity through to the system actions that follow. Your security team gets a clear chain of cause and effect to investigate and enforce.
Prompt or instruction
What the user, app or upstream process asked the agent to do.
Agent reasoning and tools
The skills, tool calls, agent activity and services used to do the task.
Endpoint execution
Processes, commands, file changes, browser actions and other system activity.
Enterprise impact
Access to identities, data, apps and connected resources that can widen the damage.
Security response
We investigate, enforce policy and contain the threat, using context from the Falcon platform.
Know where AI is running. Control what it can do. Stop threats at runtime.
Talk to Vectra about AI security, AI governance, shadow AI discovery and CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian.
AI governance
Turn your AI policy document into controls you can enforce.
Good AI governance says what the organisation will allow. AI security puts that into practice. It finds actual use, controls high-risk behaviour and gives security and governance teams evidence they can act on.
Vectra can fit Falcon Guardian to your AI governance model, risk appetite, acceptable use policy, data classification and security operations.
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Inventory
Know which AI tools and agents are present, and find unmanaged or shadow AI.
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Ownership
Decide who is responsible for each AI service, agent, use case and the access it has.
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Approval
Define approved AI use and which supported agent types may run in managed environments.
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Access
Give AI agents the least access they need to identities, data and services.
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Data
Protect sensitive information as users, apps and agents work with AI services.
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Monitoring
Keep sight of AI activity and feed AI security events into your security operations.
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Response
Set how unsafe, compromised or unauthorised AI activity is investigated, contained and fixed.
Guardian is the runtime layer. The Falcon platform extends the control plane.
A mature AI security plan covers agent runtime, identity, sensitive data and the telemetry you need to investigate and respond. CrowdStrike brings these controls together across the Falcon platform.
Runtime AI security
Falcon Guardian
Discover, govern and secure AI agents and AI interactions at runtime.
Agent identity
Agentic Identity Provider
Give AI agents trusted identities, and keep controlling their access based on risk and context.
Sensitive data
Falcon Data Security
Find sensitive data and cut unauthorised movement across endpoints, browsers, SaaS, cloud and GenAI workflows.
Security operations
Falcon Next-Gen SIEM
Bring AI telemetry together with endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS and third-party data to investigate and respond in one place.
Make AI security work in practice, not just on paper.
Vectra is a CrowdStrike Elite Partner with specialist CrowdStrike people in Australia. We help you set an AI security strategy, assess your exposure and deploy Falcon around practical governance and security goals.
AI security readiness
We review your AI use cases, agent use, governance maturity, data exposure and current controls.
Shadow AI discovery
We show you approved and unmanaged AI use, so you know your AI attack surface today.
Governance design
We turn your risk appetite and acceptable use rules into practical policy for users, AI tools and agents.
Guardian deployment
We design and set up Guardian policy, runtime controls, investigation workflows and integrations for the agreed scope.
Security operations integration
We feed AI detections, investigations and response into your SOC and incident processes.
Continuous improvement
We review new AI use cases, how well policy works and new Falcon features as your AI use grows.
Protect the way AI is actually being adopted.
Workforce AI
See how staff use AI tools, and cut unmanaged use, risky interactions and sensitive data exposure.
Desktop and computer-use agents
Understand and control agents that can work with local apps, browsers, files, shells and system settings.
Enterprise-built AI agents
Secure your own AI agents and workloads against runtime threats such as prompt injection and unsafe actions.
AI-assisted development
Apply controls as developers and coding agents work with source code, packages, terminals and business systems.
AI and sensitive data
Cut the risk of confidential, regulated or customer data leaking through AI interactions and agent workflows.
Security operations
Give analysts the context to investigate AI activity next to endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS and other data.
Coming soon from CrowdStrike
Falcon Guardian AI Gateway.
CrowdStrike has announced an AI gateway for Falcon Guardian. It is designed to be one central point to see and control enterprise AI traffic.
The planned feature is meant to use Falcon context - users, agents, endpoints, identities, assets and security posture - to shape policy as apps and agents reach AI models and services.
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Central visibility
Monitor enterprise AI traffic through one control point.
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Context-aware policy
Use Falcon security context to guide AI access and policy decisions.
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Model access
Help govern how apps and AI agents connect to AI models and services.
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Unified security
Extend the Guardian runtime model with a wider control point for AI access.
Common questions about securing AI and AI agents.
What is AI security?
AI security is the set of controls that protect AI systems, agents, data and interactions from misuse, compromise, unsafe behaviour and data leaks. It covers finding AI use, governing access, protecting data, securing agents at runtime, and catching and stopping AI threats.
What is CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian?
It is CrowdStrike’s flagship AI Detection and Response product. It is designed to find and govern AI use, secure autonomous agents at runtime, protect sensitive data, and detect and respond to AI threats across endpoint, cloud and SaaS.
What is AI Detection and Response (AIDR)?
AIDR is a cyber security category focused on finding, governing and securing AI systems and activity. It extends security past the AI interaction into runtime execution, so you can investigate and stop AI threats as they happen.
What is shadow AI?
Shadow AI is AI use that sits outside the organisation’s approved visibility, governance or security controls. It includes unapproved AI tools used by staff, and AI agents that the security team doesn’t know are running.
How is AI governance different from AI security?
Governance sets policy, ownership, risk appetite, accountability and acceptable use. Security provides the technical controls and processes to find real use, enforce policy, protect data and respond to threats. Mature organisations need both.
Why do AI agents need runtime security?
AI agents can run commands, open files, use credentials and act with a user’s permissions at machine speed. Runtime security helps your team see and control what agents actually do after they get an instruction.
Can Falcon Guardian help protect sensitive data used with AI?
Yes. CrowdStrike states that Falcon Guardian can find sensitive data in supported AI interactions and apply runtime controls to cut exposure, while legitimate AI work carries on.
Can Vectra help deploy CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian in Australia?
Yes. Vectra is a CrowdStrike Elite Partner with CrowdStrike specialists in Australia. We can assess your needs, design governance and security controls, deploy supported Falcon features and bring AI security into your wider security operations.
AI security needs control from start to finish.
Discover
Find approved and shadow AI use, workforce AI and autonomous agents.
Govern
Decide which AI tools and agents are approved, and what they are allowed to do.
Protect
Keep sensitive data and AI use within policy.
Observe
Link prompts and agent activity to what then runs on the endpoint.
Respond
Investigate AI threats, see how far they reach and contain harmful activity.
Start with a conversation.
Speak to us about your cyber governance and compliance requirements.